Modifying and saving Process Icons

[mmerino]

I am still struggling to learn all the "tricks" to setup correctly my interface in PI. I am a bit confused as how to save process icons (which I have on my desktop) when I modify it's parameters.

Here is how I have things setup: I have created several process icons (with certain parameters) renamed them and saved them to my "Icons" folder. I have then selected all the icons on the desktop, right-clicked and selected "Save Selected Icons" with the name "PREPROCESSING". I have included the file path of this icon in the startup.scp file, so that every time I launch PI, they are loaded automatically.

Now, the problem is when I open a process icon and change a parameter, how do I update the original one? I have tried creating a new icon and saving it with the same name as the original (overwriting it) but for some reason the old one opens when I reboot PI.

I appreciate any suggestions! Thanks,

(Note: In some cases, the Icon Identifier is different from the Icon file name -my mistake!: how can I identify which icon file corresponds to which Icon in PI?)

Miguel

[Alejandro Tombolini]

Hi Miguel, I think that you have to replace your modified process icon an then save again your favorite list of icons named "PREPROCESSING"

Saludos, Alejandro.

[mmerino]

Thanks Alejandro! Works great! (I didn't know I could drop a new instance on top of another existing Icon to replace it).

Miguel

[jerryyyyy]

In my own case I use data from different telescopes so have some processing icons (like BatchProcessing) which have parameters unique to that set up (e.g. Darks). 

I have them set up so that they form an outline of my workflow (as in object oriented programming), so it looks somewhat like this:

Image Integration and renaming

RGB image formation (Including NB) and processing

L formation

Integration of L & RGB

Final Noise Reduction (if needed) including star debloating

Final checks e.g. ICC profile

[mmerino]

Thanks Jerry, that's a useful idea.

Miguel

[mmerino]

Today I redid from scratch all the process icons again with new parameters. I saved them individually, and then saved all together with the name "PRE-PROCESSING".

I closed PI and when I opened it up again I get an error message "Unexpected (line=579, column=61)". I click ok, then I get this message (I attach file). I click Ok.

When I try to load "PRE-PROCESSING.xpsm" I get the same error message. Nothing opens.

Now I have all my process icons saved but cannot open them all together (If I open one, the other opened one dissapears...).  How can I create again the "PRE-PROCESSING" icon which contains the other process icons if I cannot open them all together? (I have spent a couple of hours creating all these icons!).

Thanks for your help!

Miguel

[jerryyyyy]

Thanks Jerry, that's a useful idea.

Miguel

FYI, here is a screen shot.  This is a work in progress and the content is a denoising problem, but I think you can see the outline of the icons. 

[pfile]

Today I redid from scratch all the process icons again with new parameters. I saved them individually, and then saved all together with the name "PRE-PROCESSING".

I closed PI and when I opened it up again I get an error message "Unexpected (line=579, column=61)". I click ok, then I get this message (I attach file). I click Ok.

When I try to load "PRE-PROCESSING.xpsm" I get the same error message. Nothing opens.

Now I have all my process icons saved but cannot open them all together (If I open one, the other opened one dissapears...).  How can I create again the "PRE-PROCESSING" icon which contains the other process icons if I cannot open them all together? (I have spent a couple of hours creating all these icons!).

Thanks for your help!

Miguel

you need to use "merge process icons" if you want to open multiple process icons from different files.

rob

[mmerino]

Thanks Rob. That's correct (I found that out trying several options!). The problem was that an icon was corrupted (I opened one by one till I found the error) so the group of icons could not be loaded.

Miguel